Army vs. Carlisle

Army and Carlisle first met in 1905 and have played 3 times; Carlisle leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Carlisle 2–⁠1.

Army wins
1
Carlisle wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
2 Carlisle
Current streak
1 Army
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 2–⁠1
Most recent
1917

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s1–⁠1
Average margin
16.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
1–⁠2 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Carlisle, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1905 game: FAILED TO KICK THE GOAL. How West Point Lost to the Carlisle Indians

    1905 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1905

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: ARMY ELEVEN IN A ROUT Carlisle Indians Take the Measure of Cadets. THORPE IN EVERY PLAY On Attack and Defence He Is in Thick of Fray-Devore Banished from Field.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 10, 1912

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1917 game: .OL|PHANT'S WORK IS FEATURE OF ARMY'S WIN OVER CARLISLE. Famous Fullback Plays Bril- liant Ball-Indians Fail to Register Touchdown on Cadets

    1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 11, 1917

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 10, 1917Army 28, Carlisle 0at Army
Nov 9, 1912Carlisle 27, Army 6at Army
Nov 11, 1905Carlisle 6, Army 5at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.